<p>Lahillah Express - Gnawa Impulse<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=191h3Sy_8Fc" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=191h3Sy_8Fc"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=191h3S</span><span class="invisible">y_8Fc</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/morocco/" rel="tag">#Morocco</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a> <a href="/tags/gnawa/" rel="tag">#Gnawa</a></p>
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<p>Houssam Gania – Mosawi Swiri</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/houssam-gania-mosawi-swiri/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/houssam-gania-mosawi-swiri/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/houssam-gani</span><span class="invisible">a-mosawi-swiri/</span></a></p><p>Maâlem Houssam Gania is the son of the legendary Maâlem Mahmoud Gania and heir to an ancestral Gnawa tradition dating back to Ba Massoud.<br>Born in Marrakech, he grew up in a family deeply rooted in this music, alongside his uncle Mokhtar Gania and his older brother Hamza.</p><p>Houssam and his group have been mastering their […]</p><p><a href="/tags/gnawa/" rel="tag">#Gnawa</a> <a href="/tags/morocco/" rel="tag">#Morocco</a> <a href="/tags/folk/" rel="tag">#Folk</a></p>
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<p>Ami Taf Ra - How I Became A Madman<br>Feat. Kamasi Washington<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkj3kBkcA4c" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkj3kBkcA4c"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkj3kB</span><span class="invisible">kcA4c</span></a></p><p>LA-based Moroccan artist, inspired by Khalil Gibran’s seminal work "The Prophet" <a href="https://www.kahlilgibran.com/images/The%20Prophet%20Ebook%20by%20Kahlil%20Gibran.pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.kahlilgibran.com/images/The%20Prophet%20Ebook%20by%20Kahlil%20Gibran.pdf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.kahlilgibran.com/images/Th</span><span class="invisible">e%20Prophet%20Ebook%20by%20Kahlil%20Gibran.pdf</span></a><br>“I woke from a deep sleep and found all my masks were stolen.”</p><p>From "The Prophet and The Madman," produced by Kamasi Washington.<br><a href="https://amitafra.bandcamp.com/album/the-prophet-and-the-madman" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amitafra.bandcamp.com/album/the-prophet-and-the-madman"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amitafra.bandcamp.com/album/th</span><span class="invisible">e-prophet-and-the-madman</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/morocco/" rel="tag">#Morocco</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a> <a href="/tags/spiritualjazz/" rel="tag">#SpiritualJazz</a> <a href="/tags/gnawa/" rel="tag">#Gnawa</a> <a href="/tags/gospel/" rel="tag">#Gospel</a></p>
<p>The Trance of Seven Colors</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/trance-seven-colors/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/trance-seven-colors/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/trance-seven</span><span class="invisible">-colors/</span></a></p><p>Maleem Mahmoud Ghania with Pharoah Sanders</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/gnawa/" rel="tag">#Gnawa</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/morocco/" rel="tag">#Morocco</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a> <a href="/tags/pharoahsanders/" rel="tag">#PharoahSanders</a></p>
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<p>Mehdi Qamoum – Ana W Ana (Live)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/mehdi-qamoum-ana-w-ana/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/mehdi-qamoum-ana-w-ana/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/mehdi-qamoum</span><span class="invisible">-ana-w-ana/</span></a></p><p>Mehdi Qamoum is a versatile composer and multi-instrumentalist based in Agadir. A traditional gnawa musician, Mehdi has mastered numerous folk instruments including guembri, outar, karbaou, bendir and a custom guembri four-string electric bass which he built himself.</p><p>Mehdi Qamoum, known for his spiritual voice and his Guembri playing in the traditional [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/gnawa/" rel="tag">#Gnawa</a> <a href="/tags/guembri/" rel="tag">#Guembri</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/morocco/" rel="tag">#Morocco</a> <a href="/tags/global/" rel="tag">#Global</a></p>
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<p>Saha Gnawa - Soudani Manayou <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a14nLVZOYCc" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=a14nLVZOYCc"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=a14nLV</span><span class="invisible">ZOYCc</span></a></p><p>Moroccan Gnawa paired with NYC jazz and groove. <a href="https://sahagnawa.bandcamp.com/album/saha-gnawa" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="sahagnawa.bandcamp.com/album/saha-gnawa"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sahagnawa.bandcamp.com/album/s</span><span class="invisible">aha-gnawa</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/morocco/" rel="tag">#Morocco</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/gnawa/" rel="tag">#Gnawa</a></p>
<p>Tiwiza – At U Azeka</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/tiwiza-at-u-azeka/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/tiwiza-at-u-azeka/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/tiwiza-at-u-</span><span class="invisible">azeka/</span></a></p><p>Tiwiza offers North African indie blues rock, inspired by Matoub Lounès (Algerian Kabylian singer, poet and thinker), Tinariwen or Orchestre National de Barbès.</p><p>This band, based in France (Toulouse), intends to merge the Berber culture, which spans nine countries and encompasses Tuareg blues as well as Gnawa music, with the music of the Clash or […]</p><p><a href="/tags/gnawa/" rel="tag">#Gnawa</a> <a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#Rock</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a> <a href="/tags/blues/" rel="tag">#Blues</a></p>
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<p>الموجة – AYWA – Lmouja</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/aywa-lmouja/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>amf.didiermary.fr/aywa-lmouja/</a></p><p>“AYWA distills an explosive mixture which invites people to gather and dance, a meeting between the songs of the Maghreb and the musics of the world, Rock, Jazz…<br>By merging the music of North Africa and the world with the electric sounds of the West, AYWA delivers an attractive and original music, energetic and rebellious.The band […]</p><p><a href="/tags/altrock/" rel="tag">#altRock</a> <a href="/tags/gnawa/" rel="tag">#Gnawa</a></p>
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<p>Phil Von & the Gnawa musicians of Fès<br>L'autre nuit (1999)<br><a href="https://philvon.bandcamp.com/album/lautre-nuit-with-the-gnawa-musicians-of-f-s" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="philvon.bandcamp.com/album/lautre-nuit-with-the-gnawa-musicians-of-f-s"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">philvon.bandcamp.com/album/lau</span><span class="invisible">tre-nuit-with-the-gnawa-musicians-of-f-s</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/morocco/" rel="tag">#Morocco</a> <a href="/tags/gnawa/" rel="tag">#Gnawa</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a></p>
<p>Aziz Sahmaoui – Nouria</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/aziz-sahmaoui-nouria-university-gnawa/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/aziz-sahmaoui-nouria-university-gnawa/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/aziz-sahmaou</span><span class="invisible">i-nouria-university-gnawa/</span></a></p><p>From album “Poetic Trance”, by Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa in 2019. Aziz Sahmaoui co-founded l’Orchestre National de Barbès (ONB), which mixed Reggae and Raï with North African influences. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/gnawa/" rel="tag">#Gnawa</a> <a href="/tags/morocco/" rel="tag">#Morocco</a></p>
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<p>Mahmoud Guinia – Colours of the Night</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/maalem-mahmoud-guinia-colours-night/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/maalem-mahmoud-guinia-colours-night/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/maalem-mahmo</span><span class="invisible">ud-guinia-colours-night/</span></a></p><p>Mahmoud Guinia (Gania or Guenya) was born in 1951 in the city of Essaouira, the second son of a master of Gnawa music. His family of both the father’s and mother’s sides came from present day Mali. They were employed as soldiers in the sultan’s army.The Guinia family is regarded as the main representative for […]</p><p><a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/gnawa/" rel="tag">#Gnawa</a> <a href="/tags/guembri/" rel="tag">#Guembri</a> <a href="/tags/morocco/" rel="tag">#Morocco</a></p>
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<p>Oum – Taragalte</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/oum-taragalte-soul-morocco/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/oum-taragalte-soul-morocco/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/oum-taragalt</span><span class="invisible">e-soul-morocco/</span></a></p><p>Oum El Ghaït Benessahraoui, known as Oum, is a singer-songwriter of modern Moroccan popular music. Performing and recording both in North Africa and in Europe, she mixes multiple traditional and international influences.</p><p>Soul meets Gnaoua meets Jazz in her album “Soul of Morocco” in 2013.</p><p><a href="/tags/gnawa/" rel="tag">#Gnawa</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/morocco/" rel="tag">#Morocco</a> <a href="/tags/soul/" rel="tag">#Soul</a></p>
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<p>Bab L’ Bluz – Ila Mata</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/bab-l-bluz-ila-mata/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/bab-l-bluz-ila-mata/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/bab-l-bluz-i</span><span class="invisible">la-mata/</span></a></p><p>Traditionally reserved to men, the “Guembri,” a 3-stringed lute-like instrument that goes hand-in-hand with Gnawa music, is given a new life by Yousra Mansour creatively upping her heritage and the roots of blues.</p><p>Ila Mata is from album “Nayda!” on Peter Gabriel’s Real World label in 2020.</p><p>Moroccan-French power quartet, […]</p><p><a href="/tags/blues/" rel="tag">#Blues</a> <a href="/tags/gnawa/" rel="tag">#Gnawa</a> <a href="/tags/guembri/" rel="tag">#Guembri</a> <a href="/tags/morocco/" rel="tag">#Morocco</a></p>
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<p>Rhythm Showcase (2020)</p><p>"Sink your teeth into this baker’s dozen of tantalizing, previously unreleased songs by Antibalas, Menahan Street Band, Innov Gnawa, as well as other deep cuts and diasporic dialogues from across space and time."</p><p><a href="https://daptonefamily.bandcamp.com/album/rhythm-showcase" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daptonefamily.bandcamp.com/album/rhythm-showcase"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daptonefamily.bandcamp.com/alb</span><span class="invisible">um/rhythm-showcase</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#Afrobeat</a> <a href="/tags/afrosoul/" rel="tag">#AfroSoul</a> <a href="/tags/gnawa/" rel="tag">#Gnawa</a></p>
<p>Ami Taf Ra live on KEXP (11/2025)<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YpWmLMrqN8" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YpWmLMrqN8"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YpWmL</span><span class="invisible">MrqN8</span></a></p><p>Songs:<br>Law Kaana Qalbi 00:28<br>Speak To Us 03:36<br>How I Became A Madman 04:57<br>Love 11:56<br>The Prophet 21:14</p><p>See also: <a href="https://indieweb.social/@blogamf/115187302700266326" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="indieweb.social/@blogamf/115187302700266326"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">indieweb.social/@blogamf/11518</span><span class="invisible">7302700266326</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/gnawa/" rel="tag">#Gnawa</a> <a href="/tags/morocco/" rel="tag">#Morocco</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a></p>